Number of sitting days
|
4
|
12
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Average length of a sitting day
|
10 hrs 06 mins
|
10 hrs 19 mins
|
Longest sitting day
|
11 hrs 29 mins
(16 March)
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11 hrs 29 mins
(16 March)
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Shortest sitting day
|
07 hrs 42 mins
(17 March)
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07 hrs 42 mins
(17 March)
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Hours of sitting
|
40 hrs 25 mins
|
123 hrs 45 mins
|
Business conducted in the Senate
- government business
- general business
- including time spent on private senators' bills
- questions without notice
- urgency/MPI
- business of the Senate
- other
- adjournment debate
|
18 hrs 00 mins
10 hrs 52 mins
01 hrs 30 mins
04 hrs 12 mins
03 hrs 09 mins
00 hrs 37 mins
00 hrs 05 mins
03 hrs 30 mins
|
46 hrs 19 mins
38 hrs 30 mins
06 hrs 11 mins
12 hrs 39 mins
09 hrs 26 mins
01 hrs 30 mins
01 hrs 44 mins
13 hrs 37 mins
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Questions placed on notice
|
16*
|
437**
|
Questions without notice (including supplementary questions)
|
132
4 sitting days
|
393
12 sitting days
|
Average daily number of questions without notice
|
34.5
|
32.6
|
Notices of motion given |
63
|
134
|
Petitions presented
|
1
|
1
|
Signatories to petitions
|
1453
|
1453
|
Divisions
|
18
|
47
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* Questions placed on notice from 6 March to 19 March 2015, inclusive
** Questions placed on notice from 5 December 2014 to 19 March 2015 inclusive
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